Permanent Labor Certification Program (PERM) refers to the process that employers must go through before applying for a visa for non-U.S. citizens the employer wishes to employ within the U.S. The employer must go through a set of procedures...
employment law
permanent disability
Permanent disability is a physical or mental impairment that indefinitely diminishes a worker's ability to perform the duties or normal activities that the worker performed before the accident or serious illness. If the injury occurred in the course...
physical incapacity
Physical incapacity refers to a lack of physical ability sufficient to justify a legal consequence. The term is used across a realm of laws regarding disability, competency, criminal statutes, and marriage laws. The inclusion of the...
plant closing
For purposes of the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notificaton (WARN) Act, a plant closing means the permanent or temporary shutdown of a single employment site, or one or more facilities or operating units within a site, which results in job loss...
progressive discipline
Progressive discipline is a process in which an employer may use increasingly higher levels of discipline when an employee's performance fails to improve after the employer gives the employee notice. Progressive discipline typically includes...
QDRO
QDRO is an abbreviation for qualified domestic relations order, which is a domestic relations order, i.e., a judgment, order, or decree for alimony, support, or marital property rights, and the domestic relations order must transfer all or...
qualified domestic relations order (QDRO)
Under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act ("ERISA") a qualified domestic relations order (QDRO) is a domestic relations order, i.e., a judgment, order, or decree for alimony, support, or marital property rights, which must transfer...
qualified individual with a disability
A qualified individual with a disability is a term of art used by the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). A qualified individual with a disability is a person with a disability who meets the necessary skills, experience, education, and...
qualified plan
A qualified plan refers to employer-sponsored retirement plans that satisfy requirements in the Internal Revenue Code for receiving tax-deferred treatment. Most retirement plans offered by employers qualify including defined contribution...
qualified retirement plan
A qualified retirement plan refers to employer-sponsored retirement plans that satisfy requirements in the Internal Revenue Code for receiving tax-deferred treatment. Most retirement plans offered by employers qualify including defined...